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FIELD'S SEED 
HENRY 



“Dear Mr. Field: My daughter, Norma 
Jean, wanted me to send her picture in so 
she could see it in Seed Sense. She is 6 
and is getting quite a thrill out of seeing 
the plants grow. The plants and seeds I 
got from you are all doing fine.’”’—Mrs. 
Howard Underwood, Creston, Wash. 
Aren’t They Pretty? 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of 
my granddaughter, Linda Mae, with some 
of my glads I raised from your ‘20 Grand’ 
glad offer. They were so beautiful. Had 
lots of color. Everybody raved over them. 
From now on it will be Henry Field seeds 
and bulbs for me.’’—Mrs. Joe Ritchey, 
Cynthiana, Ky. 
Mrs. Field’s Vegetable Soup 
1 tbsp. fice 
1 tbsp. pearl barley 
1 tbsp. broken 

1 oz. turnip 
2 oz. green pepper 
2 oz. carrot 
1 oz. okra spaghetti 
% lb. cabbage ¥% tsp. black pepper 
% lb. potato 1 tbsp. salt i 
pinch paprika 
pinch red pepper 
1 qt. soup stock 
2 qts. water 
Boil one hour. Makes 3 quarts of soup, 
or enough to serve 10 to 12 people. 
Bug Dust Puts the Run on 
Rabbits 
Every spring lots of gardeners write 
about rabbits eating peas, beans and other 
plants in their gardens. Here is an idea. 
Several customers have told us they dust 
their early garden seedlings with Henry 
Field’s Bug Dust and this keeps the rab- 
bits away. Nothing in it to hurt the 
garden stuff, so the idea sounds good and 
is worth trying. No. 4022S. Henry Field’s 
Bug Dust in 1 Ib. bag for 49c; 3 Ibs. for 
$1.18, postpaid. 
¥% 1b. onion 
1% lb. tomato 
¥%Iib.meat + 

‘She’s Starting Out Right _ 
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Strawberry 

Yes sir, this is a real white strawberry! 
The picture was taken right here on our 
No. 10 field in Shenandoah last summer. 
We have picked quarts of this berry and 
have had shortcakes and eaten them every 
way you would eat strawberries and they 
are fine. This is a real novelty, but at the 
same time, is a real good strawberry. 
Little milder than the ordinary kind, and 
of a size in between the wild strawberry 
and the, cultivated kinds. One thing in 
particular that women here like about 
them is that when you pull the berries off 
_the plants, the hull stays on the plant. 
The berries are clean—just wash and eat. 
If you want a novelty that will surprise 
your friends, make a shortcake of these 
and then color some whipped cream pink, 
and have white strawberries and pink 
eream instead of the usual way. 
You can see from the picture that these 
berries bear heavily and are all borne 
right up on top of the plants, not down 
under the foliage. They not only make a 
show, but are easy to pick and don’t get 
dirty. Ripen well, too. You folks that 
don’t like the strong acid tartness of many 
cultivated red varieties will appreciate 
this berry for its flavor is milder, not so 
tart, and very sweet.. We had quite a 
stock of these three years ago. Put them 
in the catalog, sold out and had to refund | 
half the spring. So, we decided we 
wouldn’t list them again until we had 
worked up a real stock. The plants are 
good strong growers, good plant makers 
and as hardy as can be. You won’t have 
to baby them—just plant and let grow. 
Don’t even have to take as good care of 
this variety as you do the ordinary kinds. 
Although, the more care you give it, the 
better berries you will get. It is a June 
bearer. Can’t sell over 25 plants to a cus- 
tomer but 25 will start a good patch of 
these strawberries. No. B4114S, 10 for 
$1.29; 25 for $2.69, postpaid. 
Beautiful Phiox 
“Dear Mr. Field: Just a few lines to tell 
you how beautiful my phliox was that I got 
from your Green Thumb Perennial Collec- 
tion. It was a beautiful red, and had the 
largest bloom I had ever seen.”—Ada Mott, 
Rt. 2, Vienna, Illinois. 


Plant Nursery Stock AT ONCE 
Don’t let nursery stock lay around and 
dry out after you’ve received it. It’s not 
like garden seed. For best results it 
should get into the ground as soon as pos- 
sible. Our stock is shipped in perfect con- 
dition for planting, but of course, we can’t 
guarantee it will stay that way. If the 
weather is bad when it arrives or you 
can’t plant for some other reason, heel 
the stock in the ground where the roots 
and part of the trunk will be protected 
with moist soil. It will stay alive this way. 
Never expose roots to the sun or air fora 
long period of time. 

SENSE FOR MARCH, 1950—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 5 


Twins 
“Dear Sir: I have ‘used your garden 
and flower seeds for a long time and 
find them the best. Am enclosing a pic- 
ture of our twin “‘grand babies,’ Sena 
Jane,and Grady Wayne McCorkle, to put 
in Seed Sense.’’—Irene Skelton, Box 284, 
Arapako, Oklahoma. 

Look at What We Grew! 
“Dear Henry Field: Have used your 
seeds for years and can truthfully say 
there are none finer. Here’s a snapshot 
of my two sons, James, 6, and Donald, 5, 
with some of your long Icicle Radishes.”’ 
—Mrs. Elmer Leschinsky, St. Libory, 
Nebr. 

Pleasure to Order 
“Dear Mr. Field: Again it is time to order 
my garden and flower seeds. It is a pleasure 
to make out the order for I know from sev-~- 
eral years experience that I can count on an 
abundant crop from all seeds. I never miss 
an opportunity to recommend your seeds,”— 
Mrs. Earl R. Bohling, Idlewild Farm, Flor- 
ence, Kansas, 

Great Lakes Head Lettuce 
Makes. Head Every Time 
This is the All-America prize winner 
that has just about revolutionized the let- 
tuce-growing industry. Is an exceptional- 
ly choice variety and a yielder of large, 
solid, crisp heads. It makes heads every 
time. Lettuce is large, dark green, fringed 
and of excellent flavor and quality. Be- 
cause it stands heat and sun well, it is re- 
sistant to sun burn and is slow to throw 
up seeds. It has the ability to produce 
under almost all conditions. Fine for 
home gardens and equally as good for 
market growers. The only way you can 
really know how good Great Lakes 
Lettuce is, is to try it yourself. No. 5088. 
Pkt. 15c; 0z. 60c; 4 Ib. $1.75, postpaid. 
